I've been a city dweller my entire life but want to permanently escape to the countryside Uncle Ted style. Zero experience with rural living or self sufficiency.
Want to start off by buying really cheap (sub $100k) land/ house in either Appalachia or Ozarks. Specifically looking at Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia.
Can you guys give me advice on what I should look for in land/ housing so I don't get fucked over?
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Vlad_The_Impaler on scored.co
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Those are four good states to look
So you want to know the topography of the land. Lots of good priced land is very steep slope. Look for building sites or areas of flat land you can garden.
You want to look up maps of wells in the area. I forget the website but there is a site that shows how deep people had to drill to hit water or if they could hit water at all
You want to be far away from data centers.
The place has to scare away Democrats and jews.
Will you still need work and a career or are you retired? Because if you need work then some places there's no damn work out there in the middle of nowhere.
Consider the soil. Some places the soil is so rocky you can't even dig without a jack hammer. Will be hard to grow food and till if the land has wrong type of soil and terrain
How much are you willing to give up convenience? How far are you willing to live from the nearest grocery store or hardware store?
So you want to know the topography of the land. Lots of good priced land is very steep slope. Look for building sites or areas of flat land you can garden.
You want to look up maps of wells in the area. I forget the website but there is a site that shows how deep people had to drill to hit water or if they could hit water at all
You want to be far away from data centers.
The place has to scare away Democrats and jews.
Will you still need work and a career or are you retired? Because if you need work then some places there's no damn work out there in the middle of nowhere.
Consider the soil. Some places the soil is so rocky you can't even dig without a jack hammer. Will be hard to grow food and till if the land has wrong type of soil and terrain
How much are you willing to give up convenience? How far are you willing to live from the nearest grocery store or hardware store?